Support for cotton-pickers&#39; sacks.



' A. SCHNABEL.

SUPPORT FOR COTTON PICKERS SACKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAII.19.I9I5.

Patented Jm1..18, 1916.

ALBERT SCHNABEL, yor OTTINEQTEXAS,

SUPPORT FOR COTTON-PICKERS SACKS.,k y'

kTo all whom/@'25 may concern Be it known that I, ALBERTSGHNABEL, acitizen yof the United States, residing yat Ottine, in the county ofGonzales and State of Texas, have invented certain new andusefulwImprovements ink Supports for Cot-- r`ton-Pickers Sacks; and I dohereby declare vappertains'to make and use the'same.

the following tobe a. full, clear, andexact description of theinvention, such as will' enable othersfskilled in the art .tolwhich/itThis invention relates to supports f or cotton pickers sacks, and'oneofthe principal 'i objects of the invention is to provide means end of thebag and to ,s

to support .they lower take the wear that' usuallycomes upon the bag indragging the same over thejgroundr` f in picking cotton. y

Anotherobject of the'invention listo pro ,vide a box-like support towhich thelower end of the-'bag is connected,-said support being formedof sheet metal of the desired y gage and of any suitable size, saidsupport having means for detachably connecting a bagthereto and the bagbeingattachedto or`- while the sup-k carried by' the cotton picker, porttakes'the wearthat would occur upon the bag if dragged upon thedirtthroughy ythe cotton field.

n ,The fore-going and other objects may be `attained by means of theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

Figure l is aside elevation of a cotton bag and support made inaccordance with thisinvention, Fig. 2 is a transverse sec.-

tional view taken on the'line 2-2 of Fig.` 1,

ylooking inthe direction yindicated by the ',arrow, Fig. 3 is aperspective View looking at y'the upper side of the bag support, and

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the same.

Referring to the drawing, the numeralv 1 designates as an entirety, asheet metalsupy port fora cotton picking bag 2. yThe support is madel ofsheet metal of the required gage, and may .be stamped up into formhaving a yfiat bottom 3, side flanges 4 of the desiredheight, an endflange k5,?and an in clined front end 6. rl`he side flanges 4 may`extend around the iange 5i and by the lugs 7 or the device may bestamped up of sheet metal of the desired and extending partiallyacrossthe bottom of be secured gage with-l f y specification of LettersPatent. Patented an. 1 8, 1916. Application filed March 19, 191.5.Serial N o. 15,534. Y y y out overlapping parts. The front portion 6 isprovided with lugs 8 which overlap., the i sideianges 4. ,y

The bag 2 is 'provided' .with a fabric tube n 9 stitched or connectedunderneath the same at some distance `from its closed end 10,.said nabric tube being open atfitsopposite ends the bag. l A `strip of metal1ly ispivoted at 12-near the front end 6 kofthe support, and l lat theopposite rside of the support isa sheet metal keeper ylfor the endkofthe pivoted strip' 11, anda spring tongue. 14 securedfto .the bottomof the support has its end extend.- lng beyond the y keeper 13 kandunderneath Y the same, so .thatthe end of the strip 11 when engagedwiththe ykeeper 13 willnot bel accidentallyk disconnected therefrom.The' strip 11 extendsthrough the fabric tube'9,

thus holding ythe bag detachablywithin rthe y support 1.

f F rom wthe foregoing it will be obvious that i the bag is connected inanysuitable manner to the cotton ground the bag will not be destroyedowing j to the protection given to itby the support l.

picker, Vand that as he vpicks the j cotton and drags the bag along on4the ing a metal box having a strip of metal pivn otallyl connected nearits frontend, and a keeper for thek end Yof said pivoted strip, and abag having a fabric tube connected to the lower side thereofv to beengaged byy said strip.k

2. A cotton pickers support comprising a metal box having side and end,lflanges, and a pivoted holder for a' bag, said holder being. detachablykconnected to Y,a spring keeper, and adapted topass through a fabrictube connectedto the lower side of the bag. l In testimony whereof Iailix my signature f in presence of two witnesses..

yALBERT SCHNABEL.

Witnesses: f

V. E. IIowEnL, A. FRESHAGENS.' y

Copies ofthis patent may he obtained for ve cents each, bky addressing'Commissioner of Patents, Washington, ID. CJ

